“For quality assets, there’s intense competition, and cap rates are declining because of these assets,” says Ben Thypin, a senior market analyst at New York-based Real Capital Analytics. “Owners see this cap rate environment, and the financing environment with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and they think that maybe this is a good time to capture a piece of this unique pricing environment.”

Ben Carlos Thypin

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